PNC vs. FITB, HBAN, CFG, FNB, MTB, RF, TFC, USB, FCNCA, and KEY
Should you be buying The PNC Financial Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The PNC Financial Services Group include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), F.N.B. (FNB), M&T Bank (MTB), Regions Financial (RF), Truist Financial (TFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), and KeyCorp (KEY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The PNC Financial Services Group vs. Its Competitors
The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. The PNC Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The PNC Financial Services Group has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
The PNC Financial Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $213.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.41%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $48.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.55%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 18.33% compared to Fifth Third Bancorp's net margin of 17.97%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.
83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 2 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 45 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.47 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
The PNC Financial Services Group beats Fifth Third Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PNC) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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